Uniform-cap.



J. J. KOHLBR.

UNIFORM GAP.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1913.

1,080,353. Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

WITNESSES INVENTOR JOHN J. KOHLER M N BY Hi5 ATTORNEY srn'r a AIET FFIQE,

JOHN J. KOHLER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 WILLIAM H. HORSTMANN COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

UNIFORM-CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

tented Dec. 2, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. Konnnn, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Uniform-Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a certain improvement in the construction of that class of uniform caps which have removable crowns, the object of my invention being to so construct such a cap that the crown portion an be applied and removed with greater facility than usual and without the necessity of dismembering the remainder of the cap structure. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the parts of a uniform cap of the type to which my invention relates, as such cap is new constructed, showing the dismemberment of the cap necessary in order to effect the removal of the crown; Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the cap as constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 3 is a section, on a larger scale, through one side of the cap constructed in accordance with my invention.

A uniform cap of the character to which my invention relates is usually constructed as shown in Fig. 1, and comprises a frame consisting of a head band 1 of relatively rigid material having a projecting vizor 2 and a flaring and flexible top ring 3. To this frame is applied the crown 4t which has a depending circular band 5 surrounding the head band 1 of the frame, and to said band 5 is applied the outer ornamental band 6 carrying the insignia 7, the cap being completed by applying to the front portion of the band 6 the strap 8 which is secured in place by means of buttons 9 having threaded shanks 10 passing through openings 11 at the ends of the strap, through eyelet holes 12 at opposite sides of the band 6, and through similar eyelet holes 13 at opposite sides of the depending crown band 5, these threaded shanks being then screwed into nuts 14 secured to the opposite sides of the head band 1 of the cap frame. The members 6, 7, 8 and 9 thus constitute the trimming of the cap. The outer band 6 and strap 8 are usually made of gold braid or bullion and the insignia 7 and buttons 9 are likewise gilded, but the crown -1- is often composed of canvas or other washable material, and in order that the cap may continue to present a neat appearance it is necessary to remove the crown after a relatively short period of service in order to permit of the cleansing of the same, and to reapply it after such cleansing has been effected. With the cap as ordinarily constructed this is a somewhat elaborate operation, since it. necessitates first the removal of the buttons 9 and stra 8, then the removal of the crown, with the band 6 encirclingthe band 5, and then the removal of said band (5 from the band 5, the re-application of the crown requiring a reversal of these operations.

In carrying out my invention I use a frame of the same character as before, but with the view of overcoming the objection to the ordinary cap I make the crown portion 1 without any depending head band 5, and apply the band (3 directly to the head band of the frame, the strap 8 being then applied and secured in the ordinary manner. I am therefore enabled to apply the crown portion of the cap to or remove the same from the flaring and elastic ring portion 3 of the frame without disturbing any portion of the trimming, the rehabilitation of the cap after it has become soiled being therefore effected much more readily and with the cxpemliture of much less effort than is the case when the cap is constructed in the ordinary manner.

lVhile the flaring character of the ring 3 of the cap frame may usually be relied upon to retain the crown of the cap in its proper position on said frame, I [ind it advisable, in most cases, to provide, at the base of said ring 3, an externally projecting cord 1:") over which the lower portion of the crown can be stretched, as shown in Fig. 3, this cord presenting a shoulder with which the lower edge of the crown engages and therefore serving as an additional means of retaining the crown in place and effectually preventing any accidental displacement of the same which might otherwise occur.

After being washed the crown of the cap is ironed, and for this purpose it is applied to a block which, for use in laundrying my improved cap, may be much smaller and lighter than usual since it does not have any portion corresponding to the band 5.

I claim:

1. The combination of a uniform cap having a frame with trimming normally confined in position thereon, and a detachable crown terminating at the upper portionof the band of the trimming and removable without disturbing the latter.

2. A uniform cap comprising a frame with trimming normally confined thereto and a removable crown terminating at the upper portion of the band of the trimming, whereby it can be removed without disturbing the latter, said frame having an external cord over which the lower portion of the crown is drawn and which thus aids in retainin the crown in place. i

8. A uniform cap having a frame with a flexible flaring ring, trimming, including a band encircling said frame below said flaring ring, and a removable crown terminating at the upper portion of said band and fitted over the externally flaring ring of the frame.

at. A uniform cap having a frame including a flexible flaring ring with an external cord at the base of the same, trimming, including a band encircling said frame below said flaring ring, and a removable crown terminating atthe upper portion of said band and fitted over the flaring ring of the frame and over the external cord at the base thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. KOHLER.

\Vitnesses THOMAS D.-SIMPsoN, G. "W. ARMBRUSTER, Jr.

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